Project Planner/Coordinator - 3 month contract

Project People; Theale; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Project People in Theale is seeking a Project Planner/Coordinator on a 3-month contract, requiring three days per week in the office. You will support delivery across projects and programmes in a fast-paced environment, aligning with project managers and stakeholders.

You will maintain plans, dashboards, logs and governance artifacts, identify risks, and drive delivery milestones while coordinating with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Experience as Project Planner/Coordinator or PMO Analyst.
• Strong understanding of project planning methodologies and lifecycles.
• Experience maintaining schedules, logs and delivery reporting.
• Experience supporting customer-facing delivery or transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and reporting tools.
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain accurate project plans with milestones, dependencies and resources.
• Coordinate activities across teams, customers and suppliers.
• Maintain action logs, risk registers and governance docs.
• Produce regular updates, dashboards and management information.
• Identify delivery risks and support mitigation plans.
• Support onboarding and business change activities; track deliverables.
• Improve planning and reporting processes for better governance.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

PMO coordination

Analytical skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

Monday.com

MS Office

Reporting tools

Job description

Project Planner/Coordinator – 3-Month Contract - Theale - 3 days/week in office

I'm currently recruiting for a Project Planner/Coordinator to support the delivery of projects and programmes within a fast-paced operational environment.

Working closely with Project Managers, operational and engineering teams, customers and third-party suppliers, you'll play a key role in developing, maintaining and monitoring project plans, ensuring milestones, dependencies, resources and delivery objectives are clearly tracked.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain accurate project plans, tracking milestones, dependencies, resource requirements and delivery progress.
• Coordinate activities across operational teams, Project Managers, customers, suppliers and wider stakeholders.
• Maintain project tracking tools, action logs, decision registers, risk logs and governance documentation.
• Produce regular project updates, dashboards, management information and performance reports.
• Proactively identify delivery risks, issues and bottlenecks, escalating where appropriate and supporting mitigation plans.
• Support implementation, onboarding and business change activities, ensuring key deliverables are tracked through to completion.
• Contribute to improving planning, reporting and project control processes, ensuring consistency and good governance.

Skills and experience required:

• Previous experience in a Project Planner, Project Coordinator, PMO Analyst, Business Implementation or similar project delivery role.
• Strong understanding of project planning methodologies, project controls, governance and project lifecycles.
• Proven experience maintaining project schedules, action logs, risk registers and delivery reporting.
• Experience supporting customer-facing, operational delivery, implementation or transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across multiple teams and organisational levels.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands across several workstreams.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and reporting tools.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced operational or programme delivery environment.
• Monday.com highly desirable, or similar planning tool.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong planning and coordination skills who can bring structure, visibility and control to project delivery.